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In 1898 Hugo Breutmann founded a company for production of cameras in Berlin. In 1899 the salesman Frantz Goltz joined as co-owner. The company was named '''Goltz & Breutmann OHG Fabrik für photographische Apparate'''. Its camera brand was '''Mentor''' and its specialty were cameras with focal plane shutters. A change of ownership didn't change the company name. Businessman Gustav Adolf Heinrich replaced Franz Goltz. Heinrich forced the further development of the company and its move to Dresden. During WWI the company made aerial cameras. Heinrich revived the civilian camera business after the war. In 1921 the company was renamed to '''Mentor Kamerafabrik Goltz & Breutmann''', and in 1929 it had 180 employees. It was successful with its [[SLR]] cameras and avant garde with its [[Mentorett]], a [[TLR]] with focal plane shutter.
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The economic crisis after 1929 and the death of Heinrich in 1935 led to the decline of the company. In 1944 the master craftsman Rudolf Großer of A. Noble's company bought the company and restarted the business with 15 employees, but the factory was completely destroyed when Dresden was bombed in February 1945. Mentor nonetheless survived the war, and continued making large format cameras. The company was nationalised as '''VEB Mentor Großformatkameras Dresden''' in April 1972, at the time with 21 employees, and was merged into [[Pentacon|VEB Pentacon]] in 1980.<ref>Jehmlich, Gerhard, "Der VEB Pentacon Dresden - Geschichte der Dresdner Kamera- und Kinoindustrie nach 1945", p. 96</ref>
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In 1898 Hugo Breutmann founded a company for production of cameras in Berlin. In 1899 the salesman Frantz Goltz joined as co-owner. The company was named '''Goltz & Breutmann OHG Fabrik für photographische Apparate'''. Its camera brand was '''Mentor''' and its specialty were cameras with focal plane shutters. A change of ownership didn't change the company name. Businessman Gustav Adolf Heinrich replaced Franz Goltz. Heinrich forced the further development of the company and its move to Dresden. During WWI the company made aerial cameras. Heinrich revived the civilian camera business after the war. In 1921 the company was renamed to '''Mentor Kamerafabrik Goltz & Breutmann''', and in 1929 it had 180 employees. It was successful with its [[SLR]] cameras and avantgarde with its [[Mentorett]], a [[TLR]] with focal plane shutter.
 
 
The economical crisis after 1929 and the death of Mr. Heinrich in 1935 led to the decline of the company. In 1944 the master craftsman Rudolf Großer of A. Noble's company bought the company and restarted the business with 15 employees. The air raid that Gen. Harris led against Dresden at the end of the war finished his dreams since the factory got completely devastated.
 
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The company nonetheless survived the war, and continued making large format cameras. It became '''VEB Mentor''' in 1972 and was merged within [[Pentacon]] in 1980.
 
  
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|image_text= Advertisement in ''Asahi Camera'', March 1928.<br/><small>The right-hand headline reads ''German Breutmann Company: Mentor<br/>New-style Folding Reflex newly-arrived'' (the 1925 Klapp-Reflex); the<br/>centre section gives options for that camera, in [[Japanese formats|'Meishi']] size (roughly<br/>5x8 cm) and the left-hand columns are for the ''Square-style reflex'',<br/>also in Meishi size. Scan by {{image author|rebollo_fr}}</small>
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==Cameras==
 
* Mentor
 
* Mentor
 
* Mentor II
 
* Mentor II
 
* Mentor Standard
 
* Mentor Standard
 
* Mentor Atelier-Reflex-Kamera
 
* Mentor Atelier-Reflex-Kamera
* Mentor Compur-Reflex-Kamera
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* [[Mentor Compur-Reflex]]
 
* Klein-Mentor 9x9
 
* Klein-Mentor 9x9
 
* Klein-Mentor Spiegelreflex 6x9
 
* Klein-Mentor Spiegelreflex 6x9
* Mentor Dreivier
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* [[Mentor Dreivier]]
 
* [[Mentorett]]
 
* [[Mentorett]]
 
* Mentor Klapp
 
* Mentor Klapp
* Mentor Klapp-Reflex
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* Mentor Klapp-Reflex (Folding Reflex cameras, as in the advertisement below right)
 
* Mentor Stereo-Reflex
 
* Mentor Stereo-Reflex
 
* Mentor Spiegel-Reflex-Kamera
 
* Mentor Spiegel-Reflex-Kamera
 
* Mentor Sport-Reflex-Kamera
 
* Mentor Sport-Reflex-Kamera
 
* [[Mentor Reflex]]
 
* [[Mentor Reflex]]
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* [[Mentor Studio Reflex]]
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* [[Mentor Studio 13x18]]
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== Notes ==
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<references/>
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==Links==
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* [http://www.dresdner-kameras.de/firmengeschichte/firmen/firmen.html#Mentor Mentor] at [http://www.dresdner-kameras.de/index.html Dresdner-kameras.de] (in German).
  
===source===
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==Bibliography==
Herbert Blumtritt, Geschichte der Dresdner Fotoindustrie, Stuttgart 2000
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Herbert Blumtritt, ''Die Geschichte der Dresdner Fotoindustrie'', Stuttgart 2000. <nowiki>ISBN</nowiki> 389506212X.
  
 
[[Category:German camera makers]]
 
[[Category:German camera makers]]

Revision as of 11:26, 4 June 2017

In 1898 Hugo Breutmann founded a company for production of cameras in Berlin. In 1899 the salesman Frantz Goltz joined as co-owner. The company was named Goltz & Breutmann OHG Fabrik für photographische Apparate. Its camera brand was Mentor and its specialty were cameras with focal plane shutters. A change of ownership didn't change the company name. Businessman Gustav Adolf Heinrich replaced Franz Goltz. Heinrich forced the further development of the company and its move to Dresden. During WWI the company made aerial cameras. Heinrich revived the civilian camera business after the war. In 1921 the company was renamed to Mentor Kamerafabrik Goltz & Breutmann, and in 1929 it had 180 employees. It was successful with its SLR cameras and avant garde with its Mentorett, a TLR with focal plane shutter.

The economic crisis after 1929 and the death of Heinrich in 1935 led to the decline of the company. In 1944 the master craftsman Rudolf Großer of A. Noble's company bought the company and restarted the business with 15 employees, but the factory was completely destroyed when Dresden was bombed in February 1945. Mentor nonetheless survived the war, and continued making large format cameras. The company was nationalised as VEB Mentor Großformatkameras Dresden in April 1972, at the time with 21 employees, and was merged into VEB Pentacon in 1980.[1]

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Notes

  1. Jehmlich, Gerhard, "Der VEB Pentacon Dresden - Geschichte der Dresdner Kamera- und Kinoindustrie nach 1945", p. 96

Links

Bibliography

Herbert Blumtritt, Die Geschichte der Dresdner Fotoindustrie, Stuttgart 2000. ISBN 389506212X.